Flexibility or a guaranteed sale? You decide.

Start an auction whenever you want

Start a Direct Auction and auction off your domain whenever and however you desire: In contrast to other auction formats, no application and no opening bid is required.

With a Direct Auction, it is entirely up to you when you auction off your domain and which minimum price you specify. Simply select the starting time and the desired minimum bid and you're done. With matching keywords, your auction will appear in our domain search and on your own personal auction page. Towards the end of the auction it will even be shown on the homepage!

Flexibility: Start auctions for up to 10 domains at any desired time

Maximum exposure: Displays on the Sedo homepage, in search results and on your personal auction page for 7 days

Full control: You set the desired minimum price – and pay a sales commission only upon successful sale

Auction domains with a guaranteed sale

When you offer a domain as "Make Offer" at a negotiable price, as soon as you receive the first bid you can start an auction – with a sales guarantee!

The original bid is automatically taken as the opening bid and minimum price. During the remaining auction period, interested parties can still place higher bids. The highlight: Since your first bidder has already committed to buying the domain at the minimum price, your auction is guaranteed to end with the sale of your domain!

Easily switch from "Make Offer" price to an auction – for up to 5 days after receiving the original bid on your domain

Guaranteed to sell to the first bidder at the minimum price – and a prospect of even higher bids during the auction period

Maximum attention: Display in search results, on your personal auction page, and, towards the end of the auction, on the Sedo homepage.

Terms of participation: GreatDomains Auctions

The most important criteria and instructions for participating in our monthly GreatDomains Auction:

The domain ending (TLD) of the domain is a premium TLD and has achieved high-priced sales in the past (such as .com, .net or .co.uk)

The domain describes an existing product or service. Examples: car.com, creditcard.com or insurance.net

High SEO relevance: Keywords in your domain achieve a high number of hits in search engines

The domain does not violate any third-party rights (such as brand rights, copyrights, or names of famous personalities)

The domain ending matches the language of the domain title (such as auto.de or car.com)

The search terms matching the domain have a high Cost-per-Click (CPC)

The domain is easy to spell and not susceptible to typos

The domain is short, consists of a real word, and is easy to remember. Such as book.com, creditcard.com or car.com

Only generic and high-quality domains can participate in our themed auction events. It is up to our domain brokers to decide if your domain can be accepted in the respective auction format.

We accept proposals through your account, in the menu item My Sedo, Domain Management. Our brokerage team will check the suitability of the domains after you have submitted them to us. The submitted domains cannot be sold during the review phase (around 3-5 days).

Important information: With your application to participate in the GreatDomains Auction, you grant your consent that your domain will be publicly offered for sale and marketed solely by Sedo and its affiliated platforms for up to 60 days after the auction. This regulation shall end if and as soon as your domain has been refused for the GreatDomains Auction.

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

You will find the most frequently asked questions about our auctions here.